ARTICLES ABOUT IIT MUMBAI BY DATE - PAGE 2

MUMBAI: When the Hindujas-run IndusInd Bank launched its 'Choose Your Account Number' scheme earlier this month, it had factored in the high demand for traditionally "lucky" sequences, but the rush for accounts adding up to Number 9 has the bank scrambling for ideas - and numbers. Ritesh Raj Saxena, head of personal accounts at IndusInd Bank, says while its customer base rose 50%, about a quarter of the newbies demanded account numbers that added up to nine. No. 9 rules, not just Mars but also Planet India Inc, says Pramod Chaudhari, founder chairman of Praj Industries, which supplies equipments to bio-ethanol producers.

KOLKATA: Max Bupa Health Insurance Company today announced the appointment of Sevantika Bhandari as the director marketing and Gagan Bhalla as the director development . In their new role, Sevantika will be responsible for product portfolio management, brand, customer research, online marketing and communication while Gagan will oversee information technology, healthcare purchasing and strategic initiatives. They will report to Manasije Mishra, Chief Executive Officer (Designate)

NEW YORK: IIT-Mumbai will be part of a consortium of world class academic institutions that has been selected to set up an applied sciences campus in Brooklyn, under an initiative launched by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to strengthen the city's global competitiveness in the field of science and engineering. New York University was selected as the second winner of the city's 'Applied Sciences NYC Initiative', the first being Cornell University and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, which are creating an engineering campus on Roosevelt Island.

NEW YORK: The Indian Institute of Technology , Mumbai and Noida-based Amity University are among 15 institutions worldwide that have submitted bids to the city of New York to set up a science and engineering campus here under a plan by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to drive local economic growth and create jobs. The city received seven proposals from a total of 17 institutions. Name of the institute selected to set up the engineering and applied sciences campus would be announced in January after an extensive selection process that will choose a project which generates the greatest benefit to the city and its taxpayers, Bloomberg said in a news conference here.

NEW DELHI: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh , an IIT alumni himself, kicked up a controversy claiming the faculty of the premier IITs and IIMs are 'not world class' but are 'excellent' because of the quality of students. "There is hardly any worthwhile research from our IITs. The faculty in the IIT is not world class. It is the students in IITs who are world class. So the IITs ( Indian Institute of Technology ) and IIMs ( Indian Institute of Management )

NEW DELHI: Top metros like Delhi , Mumbai , Chennai and Kolkata fall under moderate to high risk seismic zones of the country, the National Disaster Management Authority has said. "Earthquake is a major issue of concern. Over 58.6 per cent of land in India is highly vulnerable to earthquakes and 38 cities fall under moderate to high risk seismic zones," NDMA Vice Chairman Shashidhar Reddy told PTI. Delhi, Chennai, Pune, Greater Mumbai, Kochi, Kolkata, Thiruvananthapuram, Patna , Ahmedabad, Dehradun are some of the cities falling in the vulnerability zone.

NEW DELHI: Top metros like Delhi, Mumbai , Chennai and Kolkata fall under moderate to high risk seismic zones of the country, the National Disaster Management Authority has said. "Earthquake is a major issue of concern. Over 58.6 per cent of land in India is highly vulnerable to earthquakes and 38 cities fall under moderate to high risk seismic zones," NDMA Vice Chairman Shashidhar Reddy told PTI. Delhi, Chennai, Pune, Greater Mumbai, Kochi, Kolkata, Thiruvananthapuram, Patna , Ahmedabad, Dehradun are some of the cities falling in the vulnerability zone.

MUMBAI: A medical couple in Hyderabad, Debraj Shome and Rinky Kapoor, claim that their home-grown invention, QR 678, could arrest the most stubborn cases of hairfall. Balding could be a thing of the past, says Dr Kapoor, a dermatologist attached to Apollo Hospital. The couple say their invention required four years of research, passing through various stages of development in the laboratories of the Tata Memorial Hospital , IIT Mumbai and Apollo Hospital in Hyderabad.

MUMBAI: The new petrol version of Mercedes Benz C-class model comes with an Indian touch. The man who oversaw the introduction of state-of-the-art CGI technology is Bharat Balasubramanian, a Chennai-born IIT Mumbai alumnus. He is number two in hierarchy at Mercedes Benz's global R&D set-up, currently designated VP, product innovations & process technologies in group research and advanced engineering. "It is like coming back home. I vividly remember the train I used to take from Churchgate to Andheri during my college days," Balasubramanian said when quizzed about his roots here.

NEW YORK : Indian Institute of Technology - Mumbai Director Prof Ashok Misra is leaving the institute in October to join Intellectual Ventures, a private company which seeks to create invention capital network by developing a large patent portfolio. Prof Misra announced his decision at the Golden Jubilee Celebration of IIT-Mumbai, here, saying he considered this forum to the best place to make his departure known. Misra has been Director of the premier institute since May 2000 and is serving second term.